Civil War Conditions

Home Front

North South

Home Front

North

Not much damage.

Sons & husbands died.

South

Home Front

Home Front

North

Not much damage.

Sons & husbands died.

Some inflation.

Less food, supplies.

South

Home Front

North

Not much damage.

Sons & husbands died.

Some inflation.

Less food, supplies.

South

Lots of damage

Sons and husbands died.

Home Front

Home Front

North

Not much damage.

Sons & husbands died.

Some inflation.

Less food, supplies.

South

Lots of damage

Sons and husbands died.

Lots of inflation.

Food shortages & riots.

Home Front

Soldiers

North & South

Women Soldiers

Soldiers

North & South

Boredom

Sickness

Soldiers

North & South

Boredom

Sickness

Discomfort

Fear

Soldiers

North & South

Boredom

Sickness

Discomfort

Fear

Horror

Death

Hospitals

North & South

Hospitals

North & South

Dirty

Germs

Hospitals

Hospitals

North & South

Dirty

Germs

Not enough medicine

Hospitals

Hospitals

North & South

Dirty

Germs

Not enough medicine

Death

Limbs

Hospitals

Hospitals

Hospitals

Hospitals

Prisons

North South

Prisons

North - Elmira, NY

Dirty

Death

Hunger

South

Prisons

Prisons

North - Elmira, NY

Dirty

Death

Hunger

South - Andersonville, GA

Dirty

Death

Hunger

Prisons

Prisons

Prisons

North - Elmira, NY

Dirty

Death

Hunger

South - Andersonville, GA

Dirty

Death

Hunger

Unsanitary

Leader hanged

Prisons

It is estimated that 56,000 soldiers died in prisoner of war camps during the Civil War.

Prisons